Nithsdale

Thornhill in
Nithsdale

Nithsdale was a district council area which existed from 1975 to
1996. It was one of four district councils that delivered a range of local
level services within the wider area of the region of
Dumfries & Galloway, which over this
period was one of the 12 regions into which Scotland
was divided.

When regions disappeared from the scene in the 1996 reorganisation,
the area of Nithsdale became part of the unitary council area of
Dumfries & Galloway. For
administrative purposes, Dumfries &
Galloway is divided by the council into four management areas. These use
the names and follow the boundaries of the earlier districts, so the area of
Nithsdale District now forms the Nithsdale management area of
Dumfries & Galloway.